List of United States senators in the 93rd Congress

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This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 93rd United States Congress listed by seniority, from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1975.

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Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term. Behind this is former service as a senator (only giving the senator seniority within his or her new incoming class), service as vice president, a House member, a cabinet secretary, or a governor of a state. The final factor is the population of the senator's state. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The most senior junior senator in this Congress was J. William Fulbright. The most junior senior senator in this congress was William Roth, until William Saxbe resigned on January 3, 1974. Robert Taft then held the distinction until Marlow Cook resigned on December 27, 1974, after which it was held by Walter Huddleston.

Senators who were sworn in during the middle of the two-year congressional term (up until the last senator who was not sworn in early after winning the November 1974 election) are listed at the end of the list with no number.

Terms of service

ClassTerms of service of senators that expired in years
Class 3Terms of service of senators that expired in 1975 (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, NC, ND, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, UT, VT, WA, and WI.) [5]
Class 1Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977 (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.) [6]
Class 2Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979 (AK, AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, and WY.) [7]

U.S. Senate seniority list

U.S. Senate seniority
RankSenator (party-state)Seniority dateOther factors
1 George Aiken (R-VT)January 10, 1941Former governor
2 James Eastland (D-MS)January 3, 1943Previously a senator
3 John Little McClellan (D-AR)Former representative (4 years)
4 Warren G. Magnuson (D-WA)December 14, 1944Former representative (7 years)
5 J. William Fulbright (D-AR)January 3, 1945Former representative
6 Milton Young (R-ND)March 12, 1945
7 John Sparkman (D-AL)November 6, 1946Former representative (9 years, 10 months)
8 John C. Stennis (D-MS)November 17, 1947
9 Russell B. Long (D-LA)December 31, 1948
10 John O. Pastore (D-RI)December 19, 1950
11 Wallace F. Bennett (R-UT)January 3, 1951
12 Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)January 3, 1953Former representative (12 years)
13 Mike Mansfield (D-MT)Former representative (10 years)
14 Stuart Symington (D-MO)
15 Sam Ervin (D-NC)June 5, 1954Former representative
16 Norris Cotton (R-NH)November 8, 1954Former representative (7 years, 10 months)
17 Roman Hruska (R-NE)Former representative (1 year, 10 months)
18 Alan Bible (D-NV)December 2, 1954
19 Carl Curtis (R-NE)January 1, 1955Former representative (15 years)
20 Clifford P. Case (R-NJ)January 3, 1955
21 Strom Thurmond (R-SC)November 7, 1956
22 Herman Talmadge (D-GA)January 3, 1957Former governor
23 Frank Church (D-ID)
24 Jacob K. Javits (R-NY)January 9, 1957Former representative (7 years)
25 William Proxmire (D-WI)August 28, 1957
26 Jennings Randolph (D-WV)November 5, 1958Former representative (14 years)
27 Hugh Scott (R-PA)January 3, 1959Former representative (18 years)
28 Robert Byrd (D-WV)Former representative (6 years)
29 Harrison A. Williams (D-NJ)Former representative (4 years)
30 Edmund Muskie (D-ME)Former governor
31 Philip Hart (D-MI)Michigan 7th in population (1950)
32 Vance Hartke (D-IN)Indiana 11th in population (1950)
33 Frank Moss (D-UT)Utah 38th in population (1950)
34 Gale W. McGee (D-WY)Wyoming 48th in population (1950)
35 Howard Cannon (D-NV)Nevada 49th in population (1950)
36 Hiram Fong (R-HI)August 21, 1959
37 Quentin Northrup Burdick (D-ND)August 8, 1960Former representative
38 Lee Metcalf (D-MT)January 3, 1961Former representative
39 Claiborne Pell (D-RI)
40 John Tower (R-TX)June 15, 1961
41 James B. Pearson (R-KS)January 31, 1962
42 Ted Kennedy (D-MA)November 7, 1962Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
43 Thomas J. McIntyre (D-NH)New Hampshire 45th in population (1960)
44 Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-CT)January 3, 1963Former representative (4 years), former cabinet secretary, former governor
45 George McGovern (D-SD)Former representative (4 years) - South Dakota 40th in population (1960)
46 Daniel Inouye (D-HI)Former representative (4 years) - Hawaii 43rd in population (1960)
47 Peter H. Dominick (R-CO)Former representative (2 years)
48 Birch Bayh (D-IN)
49 Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)January 7, 1963Former governor
50 Joseph Montoya (D-NM)November 4, 1964
51 Walter Mondale (D-MN)December 30, 1964
52 Paul Fannin (R-AZ)January 3, 1965Former governor
53 Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (I-VA)November 12, 1965
54 Robert P. Griffin (R-MI)May 11, 1966
55 Ernest Hollings (D-SC)November 9, 1966Former governor
56 Clifford Hansen (R-WY)January 3, 1967Former governor
57 Charles H. Percy (R-IL)Illinois 4th in population (1960)
58 Edward Brooke (R-MA)Massachusetts 9th in population (1960)
59 Howard Baker (R-TN)Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
60 Mark Hatfield (R-OR)January 10, 1967Former governor
61 Marlow Cook (R-KY)December 17, 1968
62 Ted Stevens (R-AK)December 24, 1968
63 Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)December 28, 1968
64 Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)January 3, 1969Previously a senator
65 Richard Schweiker (R-PA)Former representative (8 years) - Pennsylvania 3rd in population (1960)
66 Charles Mathias (R-MD)Former representative (8 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1960)
67 Bob Dole (R-KS)Former representative (8 years) - Kansas 29th in population (1960)
68 Edward J. Gurney (R-FL)Former representative (6 years)
69 Harold Hughes (D-IA)Former governor, Iowa 24th in population (1960)
70 Henry Bellmon (R-OK)Former governor, Oklahoma 27th in population (1960)
71 Alan Cranston (D-CA)California 2nd in population (1960)
72 William B. Saxbe (R-OH)Ohio 5th in population (1960)
73 James Allen (D-AL)Alabama 19th in population (1960)
74 Bob Packwood (R-OR)Oregon 32nd in population (1960)
75 Mike Gravel (D-AK)Alaska 50th in population (1969)
76 Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL)November 17, 1970
77 Bill Roth (R-DE)January 1, 1971Former representative
78 John V. Tunney (D-CA)January 2, 1971Former representative (6 years)
79 Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)January 3, 1971Previously a senator, former VP
80 Robert Taft, Jr. (R-OH)Former representative (8 years) - Ohio 5th in population (1960)
81 Bill Brock (R-TN)Former representative (8 years) - Tennessee 17th in population (1960)
82 Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)Former representative (6 years)
83 John Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-MD)Former representative (2 years) - Maryland 21st in population (1970)
84 Lowell Weicker (R-CT)Former representative (2 years) - Connecticut 25th in population (1960)
85 James L. Buckley (C/R-NY)New York 1st in population (1960)
86 Lawton Chiles (D-FL)Florida 10th in population (1960)
87 Robert Stafford (R-VT)September 16, 1971Former governor, Former representative (10 years)
88 Sam Nunn (D-GA)November 8, 1972
89 Bennett Johnston Jr. (D-LA)November 14, 1972
90 William Hathaway (D-ME)January 3, 1973Former representative (8 years)
91 William L. Scott (R-VA)Former representative (6 years)
92 James A. McClure (R-ID)Former representative (4 years)
93 James Abourezk (D-SD)Former representative (2 years)
94 Dewey F. Bartlett (R-OK)Former governor
95 Jesse Helms (R-NC)North Carolina 12th in population (1970)
96 Walter Huddleston (D-KY)Kentucky 23rd in population (1970)
97 Richard C. Clark (D-IA)Iowa 25th in population (1970)
98 Floyd K. Haskell (D-CO)Colorado 30th in population (1970)
99 Pete Domenici (R-NM)New Mexico 37th in population (1970)
100 Joe Biden (D-DE)Delaware 46th in population (1970)
101 Howard Metzenbaum [8] (D-OH)January 3, 1974
102 Paul Laxalt (R-NV)December 18, 1974
103 Jake Garn (R-UT)December 21, 1974
104 John Glenn (D-OH)December 24, 1974
105 Wendell H. Ford (D-KY)December 28, 1974
106 Louis C. Wyman [9] (R-NH)December 31, 1974
107 Richard Stone (D-FL)January 1, 1975

See also

Notes

  1. A Chronological List of United States Senators 1789-Present, via www.Senate.gov
  2. 1951 U.S Census Report Contains 1950 Census results
  3. 1961 U.S Census Report Contains 1960 Census results.
  4. 1971 U.S Census Report Contains 1970 Census results.
  5. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1975.
  6. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1977.
  7. Terms of service of senators that expired in 1979.
  8. Although Senator Metzenbaum failed to win election to a full term in 1974, he ran for and won Ohio's other Senate seat in 1976.
  9. Senator Wyman was certified as having won the 1974 election but it was successfully contested forcing him to lose his seat 4 days later on January 3, 1975. This proved to be his entire tenure as a U.S. senator.